Improved mop-head



UNITEDA STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS O. RODIER, OF SPRINGFIELD,MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO HIM- SIELF AND HENRY HAMMOND.

IMPROVED MOP-HEAD.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N o. 55.961, dated J une 26, 1866; antedated December 2G, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS O. RODIER, of Springtielihin the county of Hampden and Oommonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Mop-Heads; and I do hereby declare the followingisafull, clear, and exact description of the saine, refererence being had to the accompanying drawings making a part ot' this speciiioation, in which- Fignre l is a perspective view of the mophead and a portion of the handle, showing the jaws open ready for receiving' the cloths or rags. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same when the handle is lying down, showing the jaws closed.

A is a common wooden handle having a ferrule on its end, and receiving the shankcon the jaw B. B and G are two jaws hinged together at c. b b b b b b are teeth or fingers on the jaw B, and c c c c c c are corresponding teeth or fingers on the jaw O. Now, these -ngers or teeth are so situated that a tooth on one jaw is opposite a space on the other jaw, so that when the jaws are forced together by sliding the ring d onto the notched Shanks or arms c j' the teeth will mesh in together, and thereby hold any substance that is placed between them very firmly, and particularly tend to hold the cloth or other substance in place during the operation of wringing.

I do not confine myself to the particular arrangement of the iin gers or teeth j ust described, wherein one ringer or tooth comes opposite a space .in the opposite jaw, as teeth arranged on a jaw extended each side ot' the centerline of the handle, as shown in the drawings, will operate to conne the cloth in place, to a certain extent, whether the teeth have such relative positions to each other as just described or not.

Now, by inserting the cloths or sponge between the jaws, bringing the shanks together, and sliding the ring or link d up over the notches until it holds firmly the whole operation of making a mop is performed, and there are no sharp corners projecting beyond the cloth to mar anything with which it may come in contact in use.

Now, having fully described the construction and operation oi' my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The jaws B and C, having fingers or teeth, for the purpose herein specified, when combined with the handle and ring clin such manner as to form a floor-mop, the whole being arranged substantially as herein described.V

LOUIS G. RODIEB.

Witnesses:

I. A. MARTIN, MILTON BRADLEY. 

